State roster

Top names in Nebraska

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Nebraska birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,594 Nebraska births in 1920 across 631 distinct names.

Distinctively Nebraska

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Nebraska more than they say America.

#79Duaneoutside the national top 200
#59Dean#180 nationally
#83Eldonoutside the national top 200
#86Deloresoutside the national top 200
#62Keith#175 nationally
#74Ivan#179 nationally
#96Harlanoutside the national top 200
#67Merle#171 nationally
#98Donnaoutside the national top 200
#99Lavernoutside the national top 200
#95Bette#196 nationally
#97Lowell#198 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy587US #2
#2Mary516US #1
#3Helen467US #3
#4Ruth349US #5
#5Margaret294US #4
#6Betty290US #11
#7Doris258US #14
#8Mildred250US #6
#9Evelyn213US #12
#10Virginia201US #7
#11Irene195US #17
#12Marjorie187US #24
#13Lucille182US #29
#14Frances168US #9
#15Maxine167US #81
#16Alice155US #15
#17Marie154US #13
#18Lois146US #38
#19Esther140US #39
#20Jean120US #33
#21Elizabeth112US #8
#22Anna104US #10
#23Gladys100US #22
#24Edna99US #27
#25Florence99US #16
#26Lillian96US #18
#27Phyllis94US #72
#28Wilma94US #78
#29Eleanor91US #25
#30Pauline90US #36
#31Leona85US #89
#32Bernice82US #40
#33Norma82US #69
#34Vera82US #75
#35Hazel81US #34
#36Rose81US #20
#37Thelma81US #31
#38Viola81US #59
#39Ruby80US #26
#40June79US #53
#41Opal79US #101
#42Louise78US #19
#43Vivian78US #64
#44Elsie72US #51
#45Marian70US #73
#46Elaine69US #107
#47Lorraine69US #70
#48Agnes68US #54
#49Grace67US #37
#50Ethel66US #30
#51Violet66US #77
#52Catherine65US #21
#53Velma65US #105
#54Geraldine63US #60
#55Josephine61US #28
#56Shirley58US #56
#57Edith56US #32
#58Erma56US #152
#59Martha56US #23
#60Barbara55US #47
#61Genevieve55US #86
#62Eileen54US #100
#63Arlene53US #145
#64Clara53US #44
#65Eva53US #58
#66Pearl53US #62
#67Gertrude52US #42
#68Jane50US #48
#69Kathryn49US #67
#70Marion49US #43
#71Marguerite47US #93
#72Patricia46US #104
#73Ann45US #49
#74Fern44US #170
#75Katherine44US #45
#76Mabel44US #83
#77Bertha43US #57
#78Emma43US #46
#79Marcella42US #161
#80Charlotte41US #79
#81Loretta41US #120
#82Laura40US #63
#83Dolores39US #110
#84Ellen39US #92
#85Lorene38US #167
#86Delores37
#87Irma37US #164
#88Beulah36US #109
#89Ida36US #66
#90Myrtle36US #68
#91Jeanne35US #114
#92Rita35US #52
#93Ella34US #88
#94Verna34US #135
#95Bette32US #196
#96Wanda31US #117
#97Bonnie30US #154
#98Donna30
#99Janet30US #124
#100Alma29US #80

Boys

#1Robert679US #3
#2John456US #1
#3William391US #2
#4Donald350US #16
#5Harold306US #12
#6Charles284US #5
#7James282US #4
#8George261US #6
#9Richard229US #10
#10Kenneth210US #23
#11Edward200US #8
#12Raymond179US #15
#13Jack164US #20
#14Paul156US #14
#15Joseph146US #7
#16Frank141US #9
#17Ralph136US #22
#18Dale134US #105
#19Walter134US #13
#20Leonard131US #38
#21Warren131US #39
#22Harry129US #21
#23Clarence127US #26
#24Arthur118US #18
#25Wayne113US #86
#26Howard109US #24
#27Lawrence106US #36
#28Leo103US #48
#29Thomas102US #11
#30Lloyd101US #58
#31Francis100US #34
#32Earl99US #31
#33Eugene97US #30
#34Melvin95US #54
#35Vernon95US #65
#36Elmer93US #45
#37Gerald92US #64
#38Marvin88US #62
#39Albert85US #19
#40Henry85US #17
#41Carl83US #27
#42Glenn81US #80
#43Floyd76US #61
#44Edwin75US #53
#45Lester74US #69
#46Louis72US #28
#47Roy72US #32
#48Ernest71US #37
#49Virgil64US #101
#50Glen63US #122
#51Leroy63US #56
#52Clifford62US #59
#53Alvin61US #76
#54Fred61US #33
#55Russell61US #51
#56Alfred60US #42
#57Bernard58US #46
#58Norman56US #47
#59Dean54US #180
#60Stanley54US #40
#61Herbert52US #41
#62Keith52US #175
#63Victor50US #81
#64Arnold48US #91
#65Joe48US #35
#66Lyle47US #151
#67Merle45US #171
#68Clyde44US #68
#69Max44US #112
#70Ray44US #67
#71Gordon43US #85
#72Willard42US #88
#73David41US #25
#74Ivan40US #179
#75Orville40US #134
#76Herman39US #66
#77Leland39US #177
#78Chester37US #55
#79Duane35
#80Cecil34US #77
#81Delbert34US #150
#82Maurice34US #102
#83Eldon32
#84Gilbert32US #97
#85Martin32US #78
#86Don31US #148
#87Harvey31US #87
#88Milton31US #74
#89Theodore31US #63
#90Ervin29US #163
#91Everett29US #95
#92Marion29US #109
#93Daniel28US #52
#94Philip28US #71
#95Bill27US #121
#96Harlan27
#97Lowell27US #198
#98Allen26US #94
#99Lavern26
#100Leslie26US #110

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑35Warren#21
↑30Jane#68
↑27Eileen#62
↑24Gordon#71
↑22Louis#46
↑21Elaine#46
↑19Marian#45
↑19Leo#28

Falling

↓38Verna#94
↓30Harvey#87
↓28Clara#64
↓24Ellen#84
↓24Ella#93
↓23Leslie#100
↓21Martha#59
↓20Fern#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.